Are we really in control of our lives?

Risking prosecution by the U.S. government, a 29-year-old intelligence analyst who claims to have worked at the NSA and the CIA was revealed as the source of The Guardian’s disclosures about the U.S. government’s secret surveillance programs. (June 9) Photo Credit: The Guardian

Everything You Need to Know About the NSA Spying Scandal and its whistleblower

by David Gilberty, International Business Times

Who is Edward Snowden?

Edward Joseph Snowden, 29, is the whistleblower who leaked top secret slides relating to the Prism programme operated by the National Security Agency (NSA) since 2007.

The 29-year-old is reported to have grown up in Elizabeth City, North Carolina later moving to Maryland near the NSA headquarters in Fort Meade and most recently living in Hawaii.

Very little is known about his personal life expect for the fact that until the beginning of May he was living in a house with his girlfriend in Hawaii, near where he worked for the NSA.

What is his background?

Snowden joined the US Army in 2003 but while training with the Special Forces he broke both his legs and was forced to quit.

Having first worked as a security guard for the NSA, he later joined the CIA and despite failing to obtain a high school diploma, his knowledge of computers allowed him to quickly move up the ranks.

In 2007 he was posted to Geneva with diplomatic cover and it was here Snowden first became disillusioned with “how my government functions and what its impact is in the world. I realised that I was part of something that was doing far more harm than good.”

He quit the CIA in 2009 and began working with the NSA as an employee of various contractors, including Booz Allen, who he began working for just three months ago on an annual salary of $200,000.

Where is Edward Snowden now?

Snowden has been holed up in a luxury hotel in Hong Kong and has been since he left Hawaii on 20 May telling his employers he needed time off to get treatment for epilepsy and telling his girlfriend he needed to go away for work.

Snowden says he left his hotel room a total of three times since arriving, becoming ever more paranoid that he is under surveillance. According to Ewan MacAskill, one of the Guardian reporters who broke the original story, Snowden is now running out of money.

On Monday morning it was reported he had checked out of the hotel he was staying in, with his current location unknown.

What are Edward Snowden’s options?

There are a number of things which could happen next, and for Snowden most of them are not good. The whistleblower said he chose Hong Kong as his base because location because “they have a spirited commitment to free speech and the right of political dissent” and would resist overtures from the US government if they sought to extradite him, but even so, he knows he is in danger.

As well as extradition though legal channels, Snowden says it is a real possibility that he could be rendered by the CIA – which could see him illegally captured and thrown on a plane back to the US, where he would feel the full force of the law.

There is also the possibility that he could be grabbed by Chinese authorities who would love to squeeze as much information as possible from Snowden about the US cyber-capabilities.

On the up side, Snowden is seeking asylum in a country which believes in free speech with Iceland the leading possibility at the moment. On Sunday the Iceland-based International Modern Media Institute issued a statement “it is our duty to offer to assist and advise Mr. Snowden to the greatest of our ability” and was working to get in touch with Snowden and establish the best course of action.

Finally, a more gruesome possibility was posited by Snowden himself who said the Us government “could pay off the Triads” and have him killed while in Hong Kong.

What is Prism?

This one is pretty tricky to answer. According to the original leaked slides, Prism is a Us government-run programme for accessing vast swathes of data from some of the world’s biggest and most powerful technology companies, such as Apple and Google.

The slides suggest Prism is a programme giving NSA operatives direct access to the servers of these companies, giving them unfettered access to personal information of billions of people around the globe.

Subsequent reports suggested Prism is simply a tool for analysing this vast amount of data or a tool which operates by intercepting the data coming from and going to the servers, a theory posited following strong denials by the tech companies involved.

The slides however suggests that Prism is indeed a bespoke tool for accessing data directly from servers while there are other tools available to NSA operatives which can capture data while in transit.

Essentially the specifics are not known (and may never be) but we are likely to learn more in the coming weeks and months.

What information can Prism collect?

Pretty much anything that you post online. Use Gmail, Facebook, Skype, Outlook or Yahoo? Then it is likely you’re online activities could be monitored by Prism. From emails and instant messages to voice-over-IP calls (such as Skype) and your search history on Google, operatives using Prism could build up an extensive portfolio on any online citizen.

Snowden in his interview with the Guardian said as long as he had a personal email address for someone, he would instigate a wiretap on their phone and begin monitoring their online activity, without the need for a warrant.
What companies are involved?

According to the slides Dropbox was/is going to be included in the programme very soon. Reports suggest that Twitter was approached about the programme but declined to be involved.

All companies listed have denied involvement with the programme, with some – including Apple – denying knowledge of its existence. Most have issued carefully worded statements which say they comply with all legal requests from the government but they don’t give anyone unrestricted access to the data they store on their servers.

It is unclear if Prism requires consent of these companies in order to work.

Who Uses Prism?

Prism is in use by the NSA in the US and has been for seven years. However it is also alleged that the UK intelligence agency, Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) has been using the system since 2010 and that it has

GCHQ has become increasingly reliant on Prism, with the 197 reports generated in 2012 marking a 137% increase over previous years. Reports generated by GCHQ are normally passed on to MI5 or MI6.

Foreign Secretary William Hague has called allegations emanating from this revelation as “fanciful nonsense” and that “law-abiding” citizens had “nothing to fear” from the intelligence services, adding that GCHQ’s operations were subject to stringent legal checks.

Louisiana Senator Elbert Guillory (R-Opelousas) explains why he recently switched from the Democrat Party to the Republican Party. He discusses the history of the Republican Party, founded as an Abolitionist Movement in 1854. Guillory talks about how the welfare state is only a mechanism for politicians to control the black community (and the nation).

PS3 The familiar sounds of fanaticism

Politicians have used fear and the promise of security to pave the way for unlawful and unconstitutional policies. To an uncomfortable extent, we have ourselves to blame for allowing fear and panic to cloud our judgement and for supporting the words and actions of unreasonable men in the name of patriotism and self-preservation.

From Hitler to Pinochet and beyond, history shows there are certain steps that any would-be dictator must take to destroy constitutional freedoms. And, argues Naomi Wolf, recent US presidents seem to be taking them all. Read More: From Freedom to Fascism in 10 easy steps

The nations of the world are increasingly recognizing the authority of international law. We now have the World Bank, the World Trade Organization, the World Health Organization and the World Court just to name a few. We have a World Court to adjudicate the international laws of the emerging world government.

– Irvin Baxter

Are we really in control of our lives? Or are we the “sheeple” led around by the elites who are practicing mind control?

Is there a conspiratorial organization which masterminds events and controls world affairs through governments and corporations to establish a New World Order?

Since the 19th century, many apocalyptic visionaries have feared a globalist conspiracy to impose a tyrannical New World Order as the fulfillment of prophecies about the “end time” in the Bible.

They assert that people who have made a deal with the Devil to gain wealth and power have become pawns in a supernatural chess game to move humanity into accepting an utopian world government that will later reveal itself to be a world empire, which imposes the imperial cult of an “Unholy Trinity” — Satan, the Antichrist and the False Prophet.

Aldous Huxley’s tour de force, Brave New World is a darkly satiric vision of a “utopian” future—where humans are genetically bred and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively serve a ruling order. A powerful work of speculative fiction that has enthralled and terrified readers for generations, it remains remarkably relevant to this day as both a warning to be heeded as we head into tomorrow and as thought-provoking, satisfying entertainment.

Aldus Huxley’s Brave New World describes a futuristic dehumanized world in which people are born in a test tube, raised by the government and channeled into various roles. They are taught how to think, feel and behave. There is no more family, no religion, no values other than those instilled in you by science and technology, the perfect “politically correct” society. There is no such thing as individualism. The state has all the answers and the state engineers and directs every person to fulfill their particular role. One wonders if this isn’t the utopia the present Administration has in mind. Let the State take over all aspects of life. Who needs a family? It takes more than a village. Let society raise children.

Workers from Fritz Lang’s movie “Metropolis” (1927)

Published in 1949, the book “1984” offers political satirist George Orwell’s nightmare vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff’s attempt to find individuality.

Resistance is futile. The book is a classic story of manipulation by the government media and manufactured crisis to keep people under control. The greater the threat level, the more willing the people are to go along with greater control. This is not just true in a novel but we see it every day as surveillance increases exponentially – from cameras on street corners, to cyber surveillance of Internet traffic to intrusive “know your customer” rules in our everyday banking. If you deposit too much money or seem suspicious in any way, the bank must report you or face fines and penalties.
Is this vision becoming our reality?

Note: Perhaps by coincidence 1984 encodes 2012 (1+19 is 20 and 8+4 is 12) – or the world described in the book is becoming a reality 28 years later?

The richest people on the planet create, orchestrate and execute ALL WARS! Wars are good for BUSINESS. ‘They’ sell the bullets AND the bandages. There are “conspiracy theories” suggesting that the British Empire, New York and international bankers financed both the Allies AND Adolph Hitler.

Does the “Ruling Elite” exist and if so, what is their hidden agenda?

Below we focus on 7 facts (which might be unrelated…)

1. The Georgia Guidestones

On one of the highest hilltops in Elbert County, Georgia stands a huge granite monument. Engraved in eight different languages on the four giant stones that support the common capstone are 10 Guides, or commandments. That monument is alternately referred to as The Georgia Guidestones, or the American Stonehenge. Though relatively unknown to most people, it is an important link to the Occult Hierarchy that dominates the world in which we live.

Today (2012), human population is 7 billion. Limiting the population of the earth to 500 million will require the extermination of 6.5 billion people. Does the “New World Order” plan involve drastic reduction of human population?

2. Federal Reserve

In 1910, a secret meeting was held on Jekyll Island. These were representatives of the Rothschilds, Rockefellers, Warburgs and the Morgans; the most powerful men of finance on Earth. A banking bill called the ‘Federal Reserve Act’ was composed which would create a Central Bank. Bankers (not lawmakers) gave the bill to their man in Congress, Nelson Aldrich.

The Federal Reserve System (also known as the Federal Reserve, and informally as the Fed) is the central banking system of the United States. It was created on December 23, 1913 with the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act, largely in response to a series of financial panics, particularly a severe panic in 1907. Over time, the roles and responsibilities of the Federal Reserve System have expanded and its structure has evolved. Events such as the Great Depression were major factors leading to changes in the system.

According to the Board of Governors, the Federal Reserve is independent within government in that “its monetary policy decisions do not have to be approved by the President or anyone else in the executive or legislative branches of government.” Its authority is derived from statutes enacted by the U.S. Congress and the System is subject to congressional oversight.

The Federal Reserve System has faced various criticisms since its inception in 1913. These criticisms include the assertions that the Federal Reserve System violates the United States Constitution and that it impedes economic prosperity.

Is it possible that the most recent economic crisis is a part the ruling elite’s hidden plan to enslave everyone in debt?

The USA PATRIOT Act (commonly known as the Patriot Act) is an Act of the U.S. Congress that was signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001. The title of the act is a ten letter backronym (USA PATRIOT) that stands for Uniting (and) Strengthening America (by) Providing Appropriate Tools Required (to) Intercept (and) Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001.

The act, as a response to the terrorist attacks of September 11th, dramatically reduced restrictions in law enforcement agencies’ gathering of intelligence within the United States; expanded the Secretary of the Treasury’s authority to regulate financial transactions, particularly those involving foreign individuals and entities; and broadened the discretion of law enforcement and immigration authorities in detaining and deporting immigrants suspected of terrorism-related acts. The act also expanded the definition of terrorism to include domestic terrorism, thus enlarging the number of activities to which the USA PATRIOT Act’s expanded law enforcement powers can be applied.

On May 26, 2011, President Barack Obama used an Autopen to sign a four-year extension of three key provisions in the USA PATRIOT Act while he was in France: roving wiretaps, searches of business records (the “library records provision”), and conducting surveillance of “lone wolves” — individuals suspected of terrorist-related activities not linked to terrorist groups. Republican leaders questioned if the use of the Autopen met the constitutional requirements for signing a bill into law.

Source: Wikipedia

4. Department of Homeland Security, FEMA Camps and “coffins”

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security, initially created by Presidential Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 and implemented by two Executive Orders. On 1 April 1979. The primary purpose of FEMA is to coordinate the response to a disaster that has occurred in the United States and that overwhelms the resources of local and state authorities.

Following the September 11, 2001 attacks, Congress passed the Homeland Security Act of 2002, which created the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to better coordinate among the different federal agencies that deal with law enforcement, disaster preparedness and recovery, border protection and civil defense. FEMA was absorbed into DHS effective March 1, 2003. As a result, FEMA became part of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate of Department of Homeland Security, and employs more than 2,600 full time employees. It became the FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Agency again on March 31, 2007 but still remained in DHS.

Hurricane Katrina in 2005 demonstrated that the vision of further unification of functions and another reorganization could not address the problems FEMA had previously faced. The “Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina“, released February 15, 2006 by the U.S. Government Printing Office, revealed that federal funding to states for “all hazards” disaster preparedness needs was not awarded unless the local agencies made the purposes for the funding a “just terrorism” function.

Emergency management professionals testified that funds for preparedness for natural hazards was given less priority than preparations for counter terrorism measures. Testimony also expressed the opinion that the mission to mitigate vulnerability and prepare for natural hazard disasters before they occurred had been separated from disaster preparedness functions, making the nation more vulnerable to known hazards, like hurricanes.

Section 1031 of the NDAA bill declares the whole of the United States as a “battlefield” and allows American citizens to be arrested on U.S. soil and incarcerated in Guantanamo Bay.

A number of civil liberties groups have come out in strong opposition to the legislation, most notably the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), the nation’s oldest and largest Asian American civil and human rights organization.

In a letter addressed to Congress, S. Floyd Mori, the national director of JACL, said the NDAA is the first time that Congress has scaled back on the protections provided by the Non-Detention Act of 1971. Mori said the legislation, if enacted and put into use, would be reminiscent of the unconstitutional indefinite detention of Japanese Americans during World War II.

FEMA “Coffins”

Conspiracy theorists are eager to analyze the massive hoards of coffins, apparently owned by FEMA, that are stacking up in storage yards all over the country. In Georgia, one of the most well-documented of these coffin stashes appears to house at least a half-million, while another in Illinois allegedly stretches over a ten-mile wide radius. Reactions to video footage of the FEMA coffins include total disbelief, alarmist panic, and even foretelling of an upcoming apocalypse.

There is little doubt, to an objective observer, that the FEMA coffin hoards are real, and not the result of video or photographic manipulation. Far too many observers have videotaped and photographed these black coffins for the concept to be a total fabrication, and online satellite imaging services like Google Earth show images that are consistent with the claims made by videographers. This leaves two key questions that demand answers: “Are they really coffins?” and “What does it mean?”

Some skeptics have alleged that the “FEMA coffins” are not actually coffins at all, but air-tight, water-tight containers for storing food, clean water, blankets, and other emergency supplies. However, others have noted the striking similarity between the FEMA coffins and those sold at Polyguard Vaults. If they are, in fact, the same products manufactured by this Canadian retailer, they would actually be vaults, not coffins, since a complete casket includes both a vault and a separate coffin.

Still, to those who are concerned or alarmed by these burial vessels, the specifics are irrelevant to the fears of the general population: it appears, to many, that FEMA is preparing to bury millions of Americans. Some have made accusations that FEMA is preparing to use the vaults to bury people who will be killed in an upcoming (or current) holocaust, while others insist that the American government will soon unleash biological warfare on its own people. Some cite alleged “concentration camps” and “prison trains”as their reason for believing that the coffins are part of a murderous conspiracy.

A much more likely scenario is that FEMA is simply placing hoards of these vaults around major cities like Atlanta and Chicago, as just-in-case emergency coffins to use in the event of a serious national emergency. If a terrorist attack, pandemic, or natural disaster were to strike a very large city, funeral homes could be too busy or too understaffed to handle the wreckage, and it would be up to FEMA to eliminate the upsetting and biohazardous bodies from the streets. Fearing another embarrassment like Hurricane Katrina, it is more likely that FEMA is preparing for the worst– not because they expect or will participate in a pandemic or genocide, but because they intend to be prepared in case civilian burial systems become unavailable.

Conspiracy theorists, such as the supporters of notorious government critic Alex Jones, remain unswayed by this line of logic. The concept of the FEMA “concentration camp” has become so widespread that even members of the mainstream media, such as conservative talk show host Glenn Beck, have recently begun acknowledging the potential for their existence. While there do appear to be a number of empty, recently renovated prisons throughout the country, there is no tangible evidence to suggest that they are owned by FEMA or that they are intended to be used for execution.

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Videos and discussion of the alleged FEMA coffins can be found at YouTube.com.

Why Did The DHS (Department of Homeland Security) Just Order 450 Million Rounds of .40 Caliber Ammunition?

Recent massive ammo purchases by US domestic agencies, Obama’s Executive Order to prepare for martial law and recent anti-protests laws all point to one thing.

The US Department of Homeland Security and the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Office have placed a massive order for ammunition. The two departments are asking for 450 million rounds of bullets to be delivered in a time-frame of five years. The contractor, Alliant Techsystems, was awarded the contract and will produce .40 caliber high-performance bullets to the agencies. The order has many wondering why would DHS and ICE need so many bullets. David Seaman, journalist and host of the DL Show, helps us answer why the order was placed.

But that is only the start. See the following links for a more complete picture.

An executive order signed June 6 “gives DHS the authority to seize control of telecommunications facilities, including telephone, cellular and wireless networks, in order to prioritize government communications over private ones in an emergency,” said Amie Stephanovich, a lawyer with the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC).

The White House says Executive Order 13618, published Wednesday in the Federal Register, is designed to ensure that the government can communicate during major disasters and other emergencies and contains no new authority.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jul/12/dhs-emergency-power-extended-including-control-of-/

Telephones, cellular wireless networks, and the internet are all included in Obama’s dictatorial decree
President Obama has given the Department of Homeland Security, new powers to take over the telecommunications industry and internet systems in case of emergency.

Obama signed an executive order meant to prioritize government communications over privately-owned communications in the event of a national emergency or devastating terrorist attack.

Signed on June 6 the order “gives DHS the authority to seize control of telecommunications facilities, including telephone, cellular and wireless networks, in order to prioritize government communications over private ones in an emergency,” said Amie Stephanovich, a lawyer with the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC).

The new law builds on important precedents. The administration claims the legal basis for the order is Section 706 of the 1934 Communications Act, which authorizes the president to “cause the closing of any facility or station for wire communication” and gives him “control of any such facility or station” if a state of war, or the threat of one, exists.

Obama’s updated version extends these powers to the internet. It is an extreme, dictatorial, wartime power that can give the president the power to shut down or control all means of communication on his say so. Modern America is so reliant on these communications systems, like cellular wireless networks and the internet, that if they were controlled by the Executive Branch, it could lead to chaos.

But, then again, after our beloved leader CHANGED LAWS and decided to arbitrarily sign an Executive Order this past Friday (when no one was looking because all eyes were on the Olympics) wherein he has the supreme privilege - as COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF – to seize all communication systems ON A WHIM! Now – “communication systems” includes ALL TRANSPORTATION, TELEPHONE, INTERNET, AIR, SEA, LAND, TRAFFIC – YOU GOT THAT RIGHT! ALL means ALL! Welcome to Orwell’s 1984 and beyond. Worried – duh!

7. Depopulation

If NWO plan involves drastic reduction of human population, how could it be accomplished?

* Today’s nuclear weapons are so powerful that if used they could extinguish the entire human race. However a regional war or pre-emptive attack would be more likely scenario to accomplish a “justified” genocide.* Another realistic scenario would not even require a war – modern biological weapons (or a custom-designed virus) could create a major pandemic which would easily decimate human population (such scenario was explored in recent movies like Contagion, Outbreak, Prometheus).* There is also an option of a “long term” population reduction which would involve strict reproduction laws and/or sterilization applied to specific segments of human population (described in movies like Gattaca, Children of Men, Code 46)

PS1 The Power of Suggestion – Predictive Programming

All forms of the media, TV, newspapers, radio, billboards, magazines, can be mind controlling, if you allow them to do so. Watch, read and listen to it all with caution. Believe only what you know is the truth and if you are not sure about something do some research. Then use your common sense.

Predictive Programming – The power of suggestion using the media of fiction to create a desired outcome.” ~Alan Watt

When we are born we are mentally blank. We are like an empty hard drive. Instantly we start filling up that “hard drive” (our brain) with anything we see experience through our 5 senses.

Examples of “predictive programming” would be found in movies where a meteor hits the earth and kills most of the population, or the world getting flooded because of global warming or an outbreak of a killer virus where scientists, who were trying to do good, accidently release a killer virus or the bible saying that there would be plagues or the bible saying that there would be wars and that this would lead EVENTUALLY to peace on earth. You know the sort of stuff.

When we watch these films a seed gets planted in our brains. The seed begins to take root later on when something is said to us or when something comes on the news (for example) such as a story which is slightly similar to what you saw in that sci-fi movie. You start to think that “the sci-fi movie was right, and that you know what’s coming next cos it was in the sci-fi movie”. You actually begin to think that these are YOUR OWN THOUGHTS but they are not. It all started with that seed being planted from an EXTERNAL source.

But if there is such a thing as “predictive programming” then WHY do “the powers that be” DO this ? Surely it just gives us a warning of what they have in mind for us ? But no, these sci-fi movies do NOT help us at all UNLESS we KNOW about “predictive programming”.

If we don’t know anything about the subject of “predictive programming” then this is what happens :

1. We watch the Sci-Fi Movie which tells us that a catastrophic event is gonna happen.
2. The seed is planted.
3. We hear on the news that a swan died in Eastern Europe of bird flu. We hear that a swan died of bird flu in France and then in Scotland, then in England.
4. The seed starts to take root.
5. We start to think that a BIRD FLU EPIDEMIC IS A DEFINITE POSSIBILITY and that a vaccine needs to be found. If it’s not found then the majority of the population will possibily die.
6. We let the “powers that be” take away our freedoms to prevent the catastrophe from happening. We accept vaccinations. And if/when an outbreak happens we sort of “knew all along that it was coming” and we accept it.

The thing is, bird flu POSSIBILY never even existed in the first place. But because we saw the movie about an outbreak, we filled in the gaps in our thoughts with the info that the seed provided us with (these were never really OUR thoughts). The seed was planted and it grew.

Even if bird flu exists, the “predictive programming” gives you thoughts and ideas of what is POSSIBLE and if it’s POSSIBLE then maybe it’s also INNEVITABLE too.REMEMBER: These are NOT YOUR thoughts. The “powers that be” are putting seeds into people’s heads and making us think that we are thinking for ourselves. “Predictive programming” is a means of subliminally putting thoughts into our head of WHAT IS POSSIBLE and they even back up those ideas with historic facts such as the “black death” or bible stories (e.g. Noah’s Arc) which makes the catastrophic incident seem more INEVITABLE. We then accept it without asking too many questions. It’s like we are being programmed into believing that we are destined to die in a disaster so just accept it. Once we have accepted it, then “powers that be” can push forward their agenda.

A typical dystopia paints a picture of government or society attempting to exert control over free thought, authority, energy, freedom of information. Others focus on systematic discrimination and limitations based on a variety of factors – genetics, fertility, intelligence, and age being a few examples.

World War II, or the Second World War (often abbreviated as WWII or WW2), was a global war that was under way by 1939 and ended in 1945. It involved a vast majority of the world’s nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history, with more than 100 million people serving in military units. In a state of “total war”, the major participants placed their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities at the service of the war effort, erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources. Marked by significant events involving the mass death of civilians, including the Holocaust and the only use of nuclear weapons in warfare, it resulted in 50 million to over 70 million fatalities. These deaths make World War II by far the deadliest conflict in all of human history. — Wikipedia

Are the shootings of the Stockton schoolyard, McDonald’s, Columbine, Jonesborough, Pennsylvania Amish School, Virginia Tech, and the Aurora Theater simply the work of mad, out-of-control gun owners of which the only answer is to confiscate all citizen weapons?

Or could it be the work of a secret mind control program called MK Ultra*? Why do the shootings follow a four-step pattern? They attack our safe places “This could never happen here”. The gunman has no pattern that can be stopped ‘Leaving the only solution, to confiscate the guns’. The gunman has no or little reason to kill the victims. When finished killing, they are trained to kill themselves. Then come the calls for more gun control.Subject related movie:The Manchurian Candidate (2004 )

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* Project MKUltra, or MK-Ultra, was a covert human research program into behavioral modification run by the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) Office of Scientific Intelligence. The program began in the early 1950s, was officially sanctioned in 1953, was reduced in scope in 1964, further curtailed in 1967 and finally halted in 1973. The program used unwitting U.S. and Canadian citizens as its test subjects, which led to controversy regarding its legitimacy. MKUltra involved the use of many methodologies to manipulate people’s individual mental states and alter brain functions, including the surreptitious administration of drugs (especially LSD) and other chemicals, hypnosis, sensory deprivation, isolation, verbal and sexual abuse, as well as various forms of torture.

The research was undertaken at 80 institutions, including 44 colleges and universities, as well as hospitals, prisons and pharmaceutical companies. The CIA would operate through these institutions using front organizations, although sometimes top officials at these institutions would be aware of the CIA’s involvement. MKUltra was allocated 6 percent of total CIA funds.

Project MKUltra was first brought to wide public attention in 1975 by the U.S. Congress, through investigations by the Church Committee, and by a presidential commission known as the Rockefeller Commission. Investigative efforts were hampered by the fact that CIA Director Richard Helms ordered all MKUltra files destroyed in 1973; the Church Committee and Rockefeller Commission investigations relied on the sworn testimony of direct participants and on the relatively small number of documents that survived Helms’ destruction order.

In 1977, a Freedom of Information Act request uncovered a cache of 20,000 documents relating to project MKUltra, which led to Senate hearings later that same year. In July 2001 most surviving information regarding MKUltra was officially declassified.